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City worker's 6-year crime spree costs Philly $1.3 million; how many more are stealing?

December 3, 2012
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We have trouble, folks. Last week, federal authorities charged a Philadelphia Water Department employee with ordering thousands of extra printer and toner cartridges and selling them to contacts in A... More »
Republicans, pursued by tea party and facing a fiscal cliff

November 28, 2012
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For years now, nobody who wanted to be a Republican in Congress could avoid the cross-my-heart-and-hope-to-die no-tax-hike pledge demanded by conservative activist Grover Norquist. Refuse to sign, and... More »
Pull up a chair, and let Baer tell you how it is

November 28, 2012
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Every December, there's this strange event in New York City called the Pennsylvania Society weekend, in which a few hundred of the state's politicians, lobbyists, lawyers, and wannabees conv... More »
Pennsylvania, a state in need of an ethical makeover

November 27, 2012
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Back in August, I did a piece on how often crooked Pennsylvania legislators get expensive lawyers at taxpayer expense, and how rarely anybody asks for the money back once they're convicted. Now ... More »
Ethics board fines Philadelphia official for Facebook posts

November 26, 2012
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The city Board of Ethics has fined Philadelphia Deputy City Commissioner Tracey Gordon $675 for posts on her personal Facebook page that violated restrictions on political activity for city employees.... More »
Is a high court power struggle at work in the Traffic Court Scandal?

November 26, 2012
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There are so many things that are fascinating about the report issued last week on ticket-fixing at Philadelphia Traffic Court that the fact that judges routinely granted special treatment to politici... More »
A great one gets away

November 20, 2012
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I feel a little dumber this week, because I know Catherine Lucey isn't at her desk at the Daily News city hall bureau anymore. More »
Did gerrymandering rob Pa Democrats of Congressional seats?

November 15, 2012
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When Pennsylvania's Congressional boundaries were re-drawn by the Republican-controlled legislature last year, Democrats complained they were gerrymandered to favor the GOP. And after the electi... More »
How about a Super PAC to expose lies?

November 12, 2012
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A few weeks back I interviewed Eugene Kiely of FactCheck.org, and I asked what happened after his organization exposed a TV ad in the presidential race as being essentially a lie. Absolutely nothing,... More »
Philly election board chair dumped, election problems debated

November 7, 2012
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It was a strange post-election day at the Philadelphia City Commission, the elected three-member body that runs elections here. 1. There was plenty of discussion but little clarity about widespread r... More »

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